Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
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Season 4
1959
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01. Target for Three
1959-10-01
Three conspirators plan the death of a South American head of state.
02. The Sounds of Eden
1959-10-15
Three different viewpoints of the same story - a kidnapping and its aftermath.
03. Misalliance
1959-10-29
A group of people gathered at a wealthy man's country home on a summer weekend engage in an exploration of their varied romantic entanglements.
04. The Hidden Image
1959-11-12
A journalist out to expose political corruption finds his family is in danger.
05. The Grey Nurse Said Nothing
1959-11-26
In Australia, a landowner is arrested for murder - but where's the body?
06. The Tunnel
1959-12-10
In the Civil War, a tunnel is dug under Confederate lines, and filled with explosives.
07. The Silver Whistle
1959-12-24
The old people's home is a pretty miserable place - until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Erwenter.
08. John Brown's Raid
1960-01-14
The story of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
09. A Dream of Treason
1960-01-21
A State Department official is required to leak a confidential document - which may have terrible repercussions.
10. To the Sound of Trumpets
1960-02-10
In Paris, a former soldier is alarmed when the girl he has fallen in love with demonstrates a rather naïve and romanticized attitude to war.
11. The Cruel Day
1960-02-24
Synopsis 1: Violence and brutality greet a French Army captain when he arrives in Algeria to assume command of a remote outpost. He is appalled by the savage massacre of an Algerian family by the Rebels. When the French take a prisoner who knows the names of Rebel leaders, the captain is told that torture is the only way to make him talk. Then the captain meets the prisoner - a handsome, intelligent teenage boy. Synopsis 2: A French officer in the Algerian civil war faces a dilemma of conscience when it seems he must order the torture of a handsome, intelligent teenage boy in order to obtain information about the rebels who slaughtered an Algerian family.
12. Tomorrow
1960-03-07
Slow witted, and tired, Fentry leads a lonely life of grinding poverty in his sharecropper's shack until a sick, pregnant woman escaping her abusive husband comes there. He takes her in and cares for her, eventually falling in love with her.
13. The Hiding Place
1960-03-22
In the last days of World War II, two English airmen are captured by an ordinary German citizen, who, instead of handing them over to the authorities, keeps them prisoner in his cellar, neglecting to tell them when the war ends.
14. Alas, Babylon
1960-04-03
Americans try to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe.
15. Journey to the Day
1960-04-22
Patients at a mental hospital meet for a group therapy session.
16. The Shape of the River
1960-05-02
Determined to pay off his debts, Mark Twain sets off on a lecture tour.
17. In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960-05-16
In the Warsaw ghetto, a Jewish man seeks revenge for the rape of his sister by a German soldier.
